The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Movie Review 1938

The vintage Hollywood adaptation of the Mark Twain classic, with art direction by William Cameron Menzies. Not a major effort from the Selznick studio, but quite detailed and the best Tom so far.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Books to Film: Mark Twain

Cast

Tommy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Victor Jory, May Robson, Victor Kilian, Jackie Moran, Donald Meek, Ann Gillis, Marcia Mae Jones, David Holt, Margaret Hamilton

Cinematography

James Wong Howe

Director

Norman Taurog

Music

Max Steiner

Producer

David O. Selznick